Akitsuki Yamato started his new high school life in Tokyo staying at his aunt's place which is a public bath for female. One fateful day he saw a beautiful girl and suddenly fall in love with her.

Later on the day, Yamato learns that Asahina Suzuka, the girl he saw, lives next door to him. Yamato's days to win Suzuka's heart is now started.

Talking about unique, this anime is definetely different. If you are expecting typical "harem" anime story of one man getting the attention from all pretty girls around, then this anime is not for you.

"Suzuka" talks about love, deep feeling, friendship and sacrifice in a very natural way. As the story flows, it plays with our emotions; the hot-cold Suzuka, the helpless Honoka, and the confused Yamato continuously hurt each other in a painful way.

The animation quality is not bad. The opening theme song is awesome! I can't help myself to hear it over and over again repeatedly. Some scenes really captures our emotion on the spot. I like especially the fireflies-bellflowers scene.

Must say this is the sweetest sport-romance anime I've ever seen! They built every character in a natural way, leaving us with deep impression about every main characters. Touching, sad, yet somehow romantic. Recommended for age 13+ My rating : excellent.

STARTLINE
Suzuka Opening Theme
voice : COACH☆

aoi sora miageru yokogao
tomatta toki no rasen
itsumade mo ijippari de
kimochi kakushiteiru
setsunakute kurushiku naru

sonna ni tsuyokunai kazu hontou wa
futari no kyori ni okubyou ni naru
sawatte hoshii no MY HEART
toomawari shitemo tadoritsukeru no nara

START LINE kokoro himotoku STORY
namida sayonara shite mirai wo aruiteikou
mitsuketa yasashisa mune ni daiteyukeru kara
onegai, ima dake wa sonomama de ite

todokisou anata no toiki
tomaranai koi no rasen
mitsukete hoshii no sugu tonari ni iru noni
aitakute namida wa dechau

yureteru mune no oku wo kakushite
yuuki no omajinai wo oshiete
tasukete hoshii no MY DEAR
kotoba ni dekiru yuuki wo kudasai

START LINE ashita wo tsumugu STORY
sono egao wo namida wo hidorijime ni shitai kedo
anata no yasashisa dake de ureshii to omou
onegai, ima dake wa sono mama de ite

START LINE kokoro himotoku STORY
namida sayonara shite mirai wo aruiteikou
mitsuketa yasashisa mune ni daiteyukeru kara
onegai, ima dake wa ima dake wa sonomama de ite

English Translation

Your profile looking up to the blue sky,
Is like the paused spiral of time
I am always striving hard,
And hiding my feelings
It becomes suffocating and painful,

I am not really that strong,
I'm just afraid of the distance between the two of us
I want to feel the your touch, my heart
And if I can reach it even by taking the long way

Start line, the story that unties a knotted heart
Bid farewell to our tears, and let's walk towards future
I will learn to embrace in my heart, the kindness that I've discovered
So please, Just stay as you are for now

Your breath almost touches me,
Like the unstoppable spiral of love
I want you to look for me, even though we are right next to each other
I want to meet you, so much that tears are flowing

I hid the inner feelings of my trembling heart
Teach me the magical charm of courage
Please help me, my dear
Please give me courage to put them into words

Start line, the story that spins the future
I want your smile and tears to be only for me,
But I think I'll be happy with just your kindness
So please, Just stay as you are for now

Start line, the story that unties a knotted heart
Bid farewell to our tears, and let's walk towards future
I will learn to embrace in my heart, the kindness that I've discovered
So please, Just stay as you are for now, just for now

Seiyuu

Nakamura Daisuke	Akitsuki Yamato
Mitsuhashi Kanako	Asahina Suzuka
Hosono Yumiko	Sakurai Honoka
Akesaka Satomi	Fujikawa Miho
Hosokawa Seika	Hashiba Miki
Miura Hatsumi	Matsumoto Megumi
Suzuki Mazami	Saotome Yuuka
Ohyama Takanori	Hattori Yasunobu
Maeda Takeshi	Miyamoto Souichi
Kitaura Michie	Shirokawa Nana
Kaida Yuki	Fujikawa Ayano